Tag Archives: Samyan Mitrtown

3 years ago we visited the management also released an open letter requesting that the stair lift should be replaced with the real elevator. Last week we went there for dinner, as you see the elevator has already broken. I was going down to MRT Sam-Yan and 4 staffs have to help take me down using the escalator! Besides being inconvenient and dangerous, other issue has to be aware of is that during this coronavirus pandemic “five of us having the distancing risk!!” It’s an usually that people in wheelchairs like me do it as un-usual –confused? Ref stories belong …

Since Samyan Mitrtown opening we have visited several times. We found many spots where inclined platform elevators are provided. The one linking the mall’s entrance and the MRT system is worth noting in particular. It is attached to a staircase which is as high as a two-storey building, making it totally unsafe.

On the survey undertaken on 27 November I found that the elevator between the MRT Samyan ticket office floor and the underpass leading to Samyan Mitrtown Mall is exceptionally small. I’m in my 60cm-wide wheelchair and when in the elevator there was hardly any room left. I doubt that an elevator of this size could possibly serve passengers in electric wheelchairs or with double strollers.

27 November 2020 We found this elevator not meeting the standard requirements set out by the ministry. It is hard to believe that this has escaped the authority’s attention. I have added buttons in the image as a suggestion. Buttons lined horizontally are the most convenient for everyone.

20 September 2019   Subject: Requesting to dismiss the stairlift, and asking to conduct a field survey regarding accessible facilities Dear Samyan Mitrtown’s Management Team Since its grand opening today, I have acknowledged the application of stairlift at the underground passage which connects between the mall and MRT Samyan station. First of all, I would like to express my appreciation for your attempt to provide accessible facilities for people with disabilities. However, the stairlift device is, in fact, inappropriate and fatally dangerous in many ways. Thus, I would like to request as the followings: